Language and Popular Culture in Japan

ISBN-13: 9780415588232 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 208 str.

Brian Moeran;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

This book attempts to demystify Japanese culture as it has been hitherto presented in the West, and shows how such cultural forms as 'noodle westerns' and high-school baseball uphold the well-known ideologies of 'selflessness', 'diligence', 'compliance' and 'co-operation' typically associated with the Japanese.

Spis treści

1. Speak Japan, Japanspeak  2. Wine, Language and Song  3. Modern Romantic my Plan Travel  4. Keywords and the Japanese Spirit  5.Negotiating Aesthetics  6. Californian Car-lore  7. The Poetics of Advertising  8. The Media Mosaic  9. The Sounds of Cultural Discourse  10.The Good, the Bad and the Noodle Western  11. Jidaigeki, Yakuza and ‘Eroduction’ Films.  Conclusion: Japanese Orientalism.  Bibliography. Acknowledgements.  Index.

O autorze

Brian Moeran